111,935 views
32 votes
32 votes
Simplify.(3.17 - 5i)?Write your answer in the form a + bi. Simplify all radicals.

User Dadroid
by
3.1k points

1 Answer

19 votes
19 votes

\begin{gathered} (3√(7)-5i)^2=(3√(7)-5i)\cdot(3√(7)-5i) \\ =3√(7)\cdot(3√(7)-5i)-5i\cdot(3√(7)-5i) \\ =3\cdot3\cdot7-15i√(7)-15i√(7)-25 \\ =63-25-30i√(7) \\ =38-30i√(7) \end{gathered}

User Vadiem Janssens
by
2.9k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.